Suspect Arrested In Deaths Of MN Guardsmen

Baghdad - FOX 9 News has confirmed Iraqi Police have arrested a member of an Iranian-backed militia suspected in an attack that killed three Minnesota National Guardsmen in Basra, Iraq.

Iraqi police, said the militiaman confessed to the attack on a U.S. base near the airport. 

SPC Daniel P. Drevnick, Age 22, of Woodbury, SPC James Wertish, Age 20, of Olivia and SPC Carlos E. Wilcox IV, Age 27, of Cottage Grove were killed Thursday night in a rocket attack.

During a search of the house where the suspect and an aide were arrested, Iraqi officials say they seized four Iranian-made rockets and documents listing names of officials to be targeted.